Steve Livingston LLB FCA is the Founder of IP Tax Solutions. Having trained at Big 4 firm, KPMG, and progressed to Senior Manager, he was appointed as a Partner at a mid-tier global firm.
HM Revenue & Customs has introduced a further form that all companies must now complete and file when claiming either the R&D tax credit relief
Too often in business we fall into the trap of short-term P&L thinking - worrying about costs and expenses rather than viewing them in the context of the longer-term investment value that they might bring to the business - this is the essence of 'Balance Sheet Thinking'
So you have made an investment into an SEIS company but you don't want to claim (all of) the income tax relief in the latest tax year - how do you carry it back?
A Uni spin-out purchased software to develop it to license out to customers. It intended to raise SEIS funding but its advance assurance application was rejected by HMRC under the excluded activities test.
A new PAYE cap will be introduced in 2021 to limit payable SME R&D tax credits to £20,000 plus 300% of the company's total PAYE & NIC liability for the period
Every year, HM Revenue & Customs releases statistics that it maintains on the overall make-up of R&D tax credit claims by number and size of claims, regions and industries. Here we analyse the figures for 2018-19
On 10 September 2020, HMRC issued their view on how the R&D tax credit relief will be applied to furloughed employees under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)
Software development companies can benefit from the UK Government's R&D tax credit relief incentive but it is often unclear exactly what software activities qualify for R&D tax relief - we explain here
Staffing cost are a key cost for many companies claiming R&D tax credits. But there can be some pitfalls and traps for the unwary...
